Meet my friend, Jessica aka JessHibb. She is the one that re-introduced me to the joys of instant photography and told me about August Break. We had breakfast with a bunch of friends this morning, and I thought it would be fun to take a photo of Jess and the camera she is using for August Break. Be sure to check out her site to see the cool journal she is making this month.

In the DC area today, we woke up at 5:30 to a major thunderstorm and finished up the work day with another. I ran to the grocery store around 6:00 and took this picture of the sky from the parking lot. I’m really done with all the extreme weather we have had in the past 9 months.

To say there were a lot of giveaways at BlogHer would be an understatement, but the 2 times that scored me major Mom bonus points were Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. For double bonus points, Jenn hooked me up with Silly Bandz. Thanks Jenn.

On our final night in NYC, we decided to splurge a little and go to dinner at Bar Boulud which is a Casual French Bistro owned by Chef Daniel. The dinner had a few firsts for me, namely beef cheeks, pate and pork belly, and I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. I didn’t take pictures of all my dishes because I was too excited about eating them, but here is a shot of the menu.

For lunch today we went to Veselka Restaurant for pierogis which were delicious with a capital D. After lunch we headed over to an Italian bakery called Veniero’s. I bought some cookies to take home and it has become quite a challenge to not dig into them. Here is picture of one of the cases at Veniero’s.

We arrived in NYC and BlogHer. It was a long day of travel and getting around the hotel with everyone arriving at the same time. Believe me there are not nearly enough elevators here to accommodate the number of people at BlogHer. After we got settled in, we ventured out for diner near Lincoln Center. It was just what the doctor ordered.

Tomorrow I head out with my friend to BlogHer in New York City. I have to admit I’m both nervous and excited because I have no idea what to expect. I have been to many trade shows and conferences in my lifetime, but this one feels a little different. I’m ready to soak it all in and meet a lot of great bloggers. Road trip!

Today has been one of those days where things just don’t go as planned. I was feeling pretty defeated until I came up the stairs and looked at Little J’s bedroom door. She loves to create art of all kinds and a lot of it makes it to her door. One look at her door and I couldn’t help but smile, so I thought I would share it.

Little J planted this sunflower at school this spring, and now it is in full bloom.

Thanks to my friend Jessica, I am taking part in August Break. Of course August Break was developed to take a break from regular blogging, but since I haven’t posted here since May I’m using it as an opportunity to get back to blogging. I’ve decided to use my iPhone as my camera of choice for the month.

We just returned from vacation yesterday, and in the mail we had a letter from the school telling us who Little J’s teacher will be this year along with when back-to-school night is. We decided to get the supply shopping done and went to Target today. Below is the required school supplies for First Grade. Yep, school is right around the corner.